It was in August 1917 - 95 years ago this month - that the abdicated emperor and his fearful family departed Tyumen into their Siberian exile.

Salmon dishes were a firm favourite on the lower Amur River, while meat was on menu upstream.

Sacred site up to 17,000 years old - believed to be gateway to the underworld - under threat from modern spray paint artists.

The Usolyekhimprom facility, disused due to bankruptcy in 2017, is a ‘toxic catastrophe waiting to happen’.

Tyva republic registers Saudi-like heat but is also hit by wildfires.

On 1 May, the 'Ob Sea', close to Novosibirsk, was completely clear of ice. 

After a series of delays, Prime Minister orders the line to Russia’s diamond capital Yakutsk to be ready for the first passengers by July.

The second largest city of the Russian Far East faces nervous hours and days to see if its dikes hold back the deluge.

For quarter of a century he waited for police to come for him, convinced - wrongly - he had murdered girlfriend and her daughter in knife attack.

How a poacher turned gamekeeper is helping the survival of these endangered cats.